The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 16, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
6:14 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1795
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 6.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 12.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.67° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.43° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.